hyperfeminine

adjective

hy·per·fem·i·nine ˌhī-pər-ˈfe-mə-nən

variants or hyper-feminine

: extremely or excessively feminine

Born in London in 1905 to a distant father and a hyperfeminine mother who despised her daughter's bookish ways, Challans entered nursing school in her late 20s, seeking life experience and escape from her parents' home.—

Andy Dehnart

hyperfemininity

ˌhī-pər-ˌfe-mə-ˈni-nə-tē

noun

or hyper-femininity

… exudes an esthetic hyperfemininity that goes beyond female. —

Lise Friedman

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A lot of it also is that hypermasculine, hyperfeminine gender-role thing going on in mainstream pop. —

Joe Lynch, Billboard, 3 June 2021 But the genre does seem to take cues from Monroe’s bubbly public persona — and her apparent enjoyment of being a beautiful, hyperfeminine woman. —

Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022 An example of that formality was a return to a hyperfeminine hourglass silhouette, balancing exaggerated proportions and actual inflatables. —

Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2023